Author: Chanelle Spencer, LCSW
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Adult Friendships & Mental Health
Do you have a friend with whom you can cry, laugh, and share your most private secrets? Or looking for a trusted friend to do life with? If yes to either of those questions, then you understand the importance of friendships. And you may have noticed that at some point in your life friendships were…
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Life Transitions & Changes
“Change is the only constant.” that’s what one of my high school teachers would say way too often during my high school years. *cue to my teenage self* Yes, I was rolling my eyes in class. As you could imagine, I didn’t like change, and I didn’t like hearing it was the only thing that…
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The Importance of Self-Care
This post may contain affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission. Thanks. We’ve heard “self-care” thrown around a million times in the past year alone. It may come off as cliché at this point, however, self-care holds great importance. Everybody should regularly practice self-care. We should…
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There is Virtue in Work, but there’s probably more in Rest.
We tend to think of vacation as an indulgence. Rest and leisure as a luxury for the rich and famous. Who has time to rest when we have bills to pay?
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Toxic Positivity: Too much “Good Vibes Only”?
Have you ever heard of toxic positivity? If not, it is the idea of always focusing on the “good vibes only”. You can also think of it as excessive positivity. When done constantly, it becomes the very reason we tend to invalidate our true emotions and experiences without acknowledging and exploring any underlying issues or…
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RESILIENCE: Knowing That There Is Something Inside You That is Greater Than Any Obstacle
Given the past 2 years alone I think it’s safe to say we have all gone through failures, setbacks, and challenges. In fact, after I get through a challenging time, I can almost guarantee that they’ll be more challenges to come in the future. Although that sounds negative, it’s also reality, and that’s life! I’m…
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Four Simple Ways To Help Manage Your Emotions Today
There’s so much happening in the world today – recovering from a pandemic, mass shootings, wars, diseases, food crisis, and the list could really go on. Sometimes it’s hard to feel positive, happy or even to know what to do with all the emotions you’re feeling. Listen, I get it. So, I wanted to share…